Implications

Implementing inclusion will require communication between teachers, administrators, and families. IEP meetings offer a great way to work with these important people.

Ways to communicate with administrators and other staff:

• Supply documentation that includes dates, time, subject, and types of accommodations implemented with a student
• Supply a portfolio of the student's work
• Email staff about student's progress

Ways to communicate with families:

• Send home a daily progress report.
• Make phone calls to parents
• Email families about the progress of the child.
• Allow parents to see a sample of the student's work along with the standards the assignment addresses.

Ways to support students with disabilities in the general curriculum:

• Start a log of students with special needs and accommodations you have tried.
• Make a positive phone call to parents to begin a partnership.
• Provide family supports through city and district means.
• Invite families to the school to share techniques that work at home.